TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (ATLANTA, GA.)
Records, 1881-1986.
RECORD GROUP NUMBER 017
EXTENT: 5 cubic ft. (10 legal-size archive boxes,
1-4"
x 5" archive box, and 1 oversize box)
ACCESS: Unrestricted
REPRODUCTION: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
COPYRIGHT: Information on copyright (literary rights) available from repository.
CITATION: Trinity United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Records, RG
017, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory
University.
Trinity United Methodist Church had its beginnings as a mission Sunday School in the home Green B. and Martha Haygood in 1853. Trinity formally commenced in September 1854, as an offshoot of Wesley Chapel, now First United Methodist Church, on the south side of Atlanta. Trinity was first located on Capitol Square in a brick structure. In 1871, the church was moved to a new home on the southwest corner of Whitehall and Peters Streets (now Trinity Avenue), where it remained until 1911. The pulpit, altar rail, chairs, pews, and organ were brought in 1912 to its present location on the corner of Washington and Trinity Avenues.
Trinity has established several missions which have grown into
churches including St. Paul, Walker Street or Mary Branan, Asbury,
Grace,
Park Street, Lakewood Heights, St. John's, and Nellie Dodd Memorial.
Among
the many notable persons who have influenced and been influenced by
Trinity
are Rev. Atticus G. Haygood (the son of Green B. and Martha Haygood);
Miss
Anna J. Muse, missionary to China; and and Miss Eva Foreman, missionary
to Korea.
The records of Trinity United Methodist Church include historical materials and rolls of members and guests. The historical materials provide an overview of the church's achievements from its beginnings in 1854 until 1979. The membership and guest rolls indicate the persons who have attended and participated in Trinity activities. These materials are arranged chronologically.
Included in the records are some of Trinity's publications. The publications are subdivided into bulletins, the Trinity Triangle, and the Trinity Evangel. Within the subdivisions, the publications are arranged chronologically. The bulletins provide the order of worship services from 1945 to 1986. The most complete documentation for the order of worship are for the years 1983-1985. Only two issues of the Trinity Triangle (1934, 1936) are included in the records. Issues of the Trinity Evangel, span from 1915 to 1986, with the most complete issues for 1982-1986.
Some of the administrative papers of Trinity are also found in the records, including minutes, reports, and other materials. Among the administrative records are the quarterly conference records, arranged chronologically from 1881 to 1940. Other records for groups and committees of the church are subdivided under the name of that group and then chronologically within that subdivision.
Among the miscellaneous materials documenting the history of Trinity are a gavel that was given to Mrs. T.E.Blackburn by Mrs. E.A. Hartsock, a framed certificate awarded to Trinity in 1972 by the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., and many pictures of the church and the persons who attended Trinity or participated in Trinity's programs.
With the records of Trinity, came some of the records of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, South including membership rolls, conference records, and other administrative records. These materials are similar in nature and arrangement to those of Trinity. However, much of these materials are extremely fragile and require special care and attention when handling.
For further information regarding the arrangement of the records of
Trinity United Methodist Church and of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church,
South, please see the Box/Folder List which begins below.
CONTAINER LISTING
Box/Folder Description Dates
Trinity United Methodist Church
Historical materials:
1/1 Centennial Program (1854-1954): Trinity
Methodist Church: 100 Years of Service in
a Great City 1954
1/2 A Short History of Trinity, 1854-1979 1979
Trinity Church: Farewell talk of the pastor,
termination of his four years service 1874 Nov 29
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South: A
Compilation of her History, 1854-1935 1935
11/1 Volume 1 Centenary: Trinity Methodist Church,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1854-1954 (scrapbook) 1954
Membership/guest rolls and statistics:
1/3 Register of Trinity 1912
Miscellaneous list 1912
1/4 Members on roll 1919 May
Miscellaneous list 1921
1/5 Enrollment statistics 1939-1946
1/6 Enrollment statistics 1940-1942
1/7 Enrollment statistics 1942-1944
1/8 Enrollment statistics 1944-1945
1/9 Enrollment statistics 1945-1946
1/10 List of members and friends 1940-1945
1/11 Some memorials of the young woman's class of
Trinity Sunday School 1954
1/12 Membership list A-P ca. 1960s
1/13 Membership list R-Z ca. 1960s
1/14 Attendance records ca. 1960s
1/15 Attendance records 1965-1969
2/1 Attendance records 1961-1964
2/2 Attendance records 1960-1961
2/3 "Our Guests" 1969-1973
Membership directory 1981
Publications:
2/4 Bulletins 1930-1981
2/5 Bulletins 1982 Apr-June
2/6 Bulletins 1982 July-Oct
2/7 Bulletins 1983 Mar-May
2/8 Bulletins 1983 June-Aug
2/9 Bulletins 1983 Aug-Dec
2/10 Bulletins 1984 Jan-Mar
2/11 Bulletins 1984 Apr
2/12 Bulletins 1984 May
2/13 Bulletins 1984 June
2/14 Bulletins 1984 July
2/15 Bulletins 1984 Aug
2/16 Bulletins 1984 Sep-Oct
2/17 Bulletins 1984 Nov
2/18 Bulletins 1984 Dec
2/19 Bulletins 1985 Jan
2/20 Bulletins 1985 Feb
2/21 Bulletins 1985 Mar
2/22 Bulletins 1985 Apr
2/23 Bulletins 1985 May
3/1 Bulletins 1985 June
3/2 Bulletins 1985 July
3/3 Bulletins 1985 Aug
3/4 Bulletins 1985 Sep
3/5 Bulletins 1985 Oct
3/6 Bulletins 1985 Nov
3/7 Bulletins 1985 Dec
3/8 Bulletins 1986
Newsletters:
3/9 The Trinity Triangle 1934, 1936
3/10 Trinity Evangel 1915-1919
3/11 Trinity Evangel (complete) 1953
3/12 Trinity Evangel (incomplete) 1954-1955
3/13 Trinity Evangel 1958, 1963
3/14 Trinity Evangel 1981
3/15 Trinity Evangel 1982 Jan-Apr
3/16 Trinity Evangel 1982 May-Dec
3/17 Trinity Evangel 1983 Jan-Apr
3/18 Trinity Evangel 1983 May-Dec
3/19 Trinity Evangel 1984 Jan-Apr
3/20 Trinity Evangel 1984 May
3/21 Trinity Evangel 1984 June
3/22 Trinity Evangel 1984 July
3/23 Trinity Evangel 1984 Aug
3/24 Trinity Evangel 1984 Sep
3/25 Trinity Evangel 1984 Oct
3/26 Trinity Evangel 1984 Nov-Dec
4/1 Trinity Evangel 1985 Jan
4/2 Trinity Evangel 1985 Feb
4/3 Trinity Evangel 1985 Mar
4/4 Trinity Evangel 1985 Apr
4/5 Trinity Evangel 1985 May
4/6 Trinity Evangel 1985 June
4/7 Trinity Evangel 1985 July
4/8 Trinity Evangel 1985 Aug
4/9 Trinity Evangel 1985 Sep
4/10 Trinity Evangel 1985 Oct
4/11 Trinity Evangel 1985 Nov
4/12 Trinity Evangel 1985 Dec
4/13 Trinity Evangel 1986 Jan
4/14 Trinity Evangel 1986 Feb
4/15 Trinity Evangel 1986 Mar
4/16 Trinity Evangel 1986 Apr
4/17 Trinity Evangel 1986 May
4/18 Trinity Evangel 1986 June-July
4/19 Trinity Evangel 1986 Aug-Sep
4/20 Trinity Evangel 1986 Oct
4/21 Trinity Evangel 1986 Nov-Dec
Quarterly conference records:
4/22 Quarterly conference records 1881-1882
5/1 Quarterly conference records 1899-1902
5/2 Quarterly conference records 1903-1906
5/3 Quarterly conference records 1911-1914
5/4 Quarterly conference records 1918-1921
5/5 Quarterly conference records 1922-1924
5/6 Quarterly conference records 1934
5/7 Quarterly conference records 1935
5/8 Quarterly conference records 1936
5/9 Quarterly conference records 1937
5/10 Quarterly conference records 1938
6/1 Quarterly conference records 1939
6/2 Quarterly conference records 1940
Other administrative records:
6/3 Board of Stewards 1914, 1925, 1950
6/4 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1966-1970
6/5 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1969-1970
6/6 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1969
6/7 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1969
6/8 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1969
6/9 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1968
6/10 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1967-1968
6/11 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1967
6/12 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1966-1967
6/13 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1966
6/14 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1966
6/15 Official Board, secretary & treasurer's report 1965-1968
Trinity Home Mission Society:
6/16 Reports 1884-1885
6/17 Day book 1904-1906
"Deaconess and home missionary" n.d.
6/18 Wesley Brotherhood, minutes and treasurer's
reports 1939-1943
Woman's Society of Christian Service:
6/19 Minutes and reports n.d.
6/20 Minutes and reports 1956-1958
6/21 Minutes and reports 1965-1969
6/22 Minutes and reports 1967-1969
6/23 Minutes and reports 1967-1968
7/1 Minutes and reports 1968-1969
7/2 Minutes and reports 1969-1970
7/3 Minutes and reports 1970-1971
7/4 Minutes and reports 1971-1973
7/5 Minutes and reports 1973-1974
7/6 Minutes and reports 1973-1975
7/7 Minutes and reports 1966-1975
7/8 Minutes and reports 1968
11/2 Volume 2 Trinity Missionary Society 1931-1937
11/3 Volume 3 Woman's Missionary Society 1922-1927
Miscellaneous:
7/9 "Acquaintance Diploma," given to Miss Rusha
Wesley 1910 Oct 14
Economic Opportunity, Inc. TLS, to Trinity
Methodist Church 1966 Feb 11
12 Gavel, given to Mrs. T. E. Blackburn by
Mrs. E. A. Hartsock.
Perkins, Matt G. "Dr. Frank Boland's
long-ignored need is filled by north side
patients" n.d.
"Some B's for a Good Secretary" n.d.
Weekly contribution envelope 1984 Sep 2
Wesley, Rusha. ALS, to Mr. Arthur L. Brooks 1910 Jan 18
Untitled poem n.d.
7/10 Jones, Howard Linden. This Side of Heaven:
the story of a little world of brotherly
love" (126 p.) n.d.
10/8-31 Photographs
11/5 Certificate. Christian Council of Atlanta 1972
Saint Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, South
[Special note: these records are extremely fragile and require special care
and attention when handling)]
Membership rolls and statistics:
7/11 Church membership registers 1902 (1901-1904)
7/12 Church membership registers 1905-1911
7/13 Church membership registers 1908-1917
7/14 Church membership registers 1917-1925
11/4 Church membership registers, Volume 4 1937-1949
8/1 Church membership registers 1938-1956
8/2 Church membership registers 1938-1967
8/3 Sunday school record book 1919
8/4 Sunshine Class attendance record 1955-1960
8/5 General attendance records 1917-1924
Conference records:
8/6 Conference records 1893-1897
8/7 Conference records 1908-1918
9/1 Conference records (severely damaged) 1922-1926
9/2 Conference records 1930-1934
9/3 Conference records 1934-1902
9/4 Conference records (very fragile) 1943-1952
9/5 Conference records (very fragile) 1946-1948
9/6 Conference records (very fragile) 1949-1950
9/7 Conference records (very fragile) 1950-1953
Minutes and reports:
9/8 Board of Stewards 1927
9/9 Board of Stewards 1926
9/10 Board of Stewards 1925
9/11 Board of Stewards 1925
10/1 Board of Stewards 1925-1926
10/2 Board of Stewards, The Progress 1925
10/3 Board of Stewards, The Progress 1925
10/4 Board of Stewards, The Progress 1925
10/5 Board of Stewards, The Progress 1926
10/6 Sunday School Council 1930-1934
10/7 Woman's Society of Christian Service 1957-1958